A live TV gaffe turned the 'Survivor 50' finale into a fitting train wreck -- "Survivor 50," the milestone season of CBS's indefatigable reality competition, concluded Wednesday night in fitting fashion: as a subversively entertaining train wreck.

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In the satirical 'Eureka Day,' comedy is the best medicine for exploring human nature -- A dispute about vaccines boils over at a progressive school in The Huntington's latest show, which runs May 28-June 28.

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Sound Check - Boston Calling has been a major economic driver for Harvard Square. How are businesses feeling about its 'gap year'? There'll be no parade of music fans up John F. Kennedy Street this weekend, as Boston Calling takes a "gap year" with a promise to return in June 2027.

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Summer Arts Guide - 80 fun concerts, festivals, shows, and more to check out around Boston this summer - From outdoor music festivals to comedy shows, here are the top events to check out in Boston and beyond this summer.

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survivor 50 - How New England native Aubry Bracco used subtle gameplay to win $2 million on 'Survivor 50' Bracco won the game on her fourth time competing.

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ArtsEmerson announces new season of programming -- Taylor Mac and Patrick Page will both bring shows to the theater.

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'One of the best commencement speeches ever.' Eric Church's viral UNC address hit all the right notes. Watch it here. The singer used the six strings of his guitar as a metaphor for the six foundations of the lives that lay ahead of the graduating class — faith, family, partnership, ambition and resilience, community, and protecting your own uniqueness.

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ODIE HENDERSON REVIEW | ★★★ -- Sorry to bother you! 'I Love Boosters' is lots of fun. -- Boots Riley's latest is a raucous ode to the working class led by Keke Palmer and Demi Moore.

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Richard Hatch, first winner of 'Survivor,' says he was not invited to the Season 50 finale

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A Dickens character gets another look in '(re)Dressing Miss Havisham'

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Imogene Coca: A neglected pioneer who deserves to be celebrated

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A young woman sees spirits in an '80s East Village, shadowed by AIDS

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Stephen Colbert's long goodbye is coming to an end, leaving a void

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A fan in Boston confessed to stealing a lead singer's identity — then he inspired the band's next album

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When is an orchestra not an orchestra? By any label, Handel and Haydn's ensemble shined at Old South Church.

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Felicity Lott, elegant soprano in opera and song, dies at 79

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She freed herself from slavery by fleeing George Washington's house. Now some are defying efforts to bury her memory.

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The Mandalorian, Grogu ... and Martin Scorsese?

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Jill Lepore adds a Pulitzer to her laurels, but she's nowhere near ready to rest

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New PBS documentary captures 'Rebel' W.E.B. Du Bois in all his complexity

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This week's TV: A Wanda Sykes comedy special, Tatiana Maslany in 'Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed,' and more

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Judith Barnard, of best-selling 'Judith Michael' fame, dies at 94

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